Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

[BillsPride12]

Well...is it?

[LewPort71]

Yes.

There was a show on Sunday night about Christmas and Cinema.

The vast majority of the people involved conclude that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

Why does John McClain go to LA ?  

To see his wife and kids for Christmas.

[Doc]

No.  It's a movie that takes place around Christmas time but has nothing else to do with Christmas.

[WhoTom]

No. It's a Saturnalia movie that was usurped by the Roman Empire and rebranded as a Christmas movie.

 

 

[f0neguy]

Absolutely!  “Now I have a machine gun Ho-Ho-Ho”

[Augie]

26 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

No. It's a Saturnalia movie that was usurped by the Roman Empire and rebranded as a Christmas movie.

 

 

 

Sounds like a black and white silent movie, originally. I bet the Roman’s didn’t even have remote controls to change the channel. 

 

 

12 minutes ago, f0neguy said:

Absolutely!  “Now I have a machine gun Ho-Ho-Ho”

 

The “Ho-Ho-Ho’ clinches it! 

 

Die Hard is as much of a Christmas movie as Home Alone or The Chevy Chase Christmas movies. A lot of movies are set during Christmas, while relatively few are about Christmas. 

[muppy]

Office Christmas party was the starting point so the movie has a tinge of Christmas but otherwise nah

 

PS: RIP Alan Rickman. What a great actor

[BillsPride12]

2 hours ago, LewPort71 said:

Yes.

There was a show on Sunday night about Christmas and Cinema.

The vast majority of the people involved conclude that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

Why does John McClain go to LA ?  

To see his wife and kids for Christmas.

What show was this and what was it on?  Sounds like something I'd like to check out

[LewPort71]

^^^ The show was on CNN and might be replayed

[Success]

You don't put a Christmas tree in "Jaws" and then call it a Christmas movie.

 

Perhaps a roundabout way of saying that no - Die Hard is absolutely NOT a Christmas movie.  I have no idea why this has become a thing.

  

 

[Doc Brown]

It absolutely is.

-It takes place during a Holiday Office party.

-It has a quote that says, "It's Christmas Theo.  It's a time for miracles."

-The soundtrack has multiple Christmas tunes.  

-Gifts such as machine guns and detonators were exchanged.

 

[Greg S]

Yes, it is. Nothing wrong with killing a bunch of terrorists and blowing up a building on Christmas. It adds to the holiday cheer. 

[Metal Man]

It absolutely is a Christmas movie.

As is Die Hard 2 and Gremlins.

[LeviF]

For those of you that say no, what would have to be added to it for it to be a Christmas movie? And do you hold other movies that involve Christmas to the same standard?

[muppy]

13 minutes ago, LeviF said:

For those of you that say no, what would have to be added to it for it to be a Christmas movie? And do you hold other movies that involve Christmas to the same standard?

references to Santa Claus, presents and egg nog.

 

Jesus the Christ is rarely mentioned in traditional "Christmas" movies so there is that 

[Nextmanup]

No.

[teef]

it's a christmas movie in the same way that gremlins is a christmans movie.  how's that for not answering the question?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Yes, it’s a Christmas movie.  Everyone who says otherwise hates puppies.

[dpberr]

Yes.  100%.  Besides all the Christmas visuals and the fact that the movie takes place on Christmas Eve.

 

Redemption:  John/Holly relationship, Powell redeeming himself shooting Karl after shooting the child earlier in his career

Christmas miracles:  The FBI shutting off the power to open up the vault, McClane making it out alive.

Scrooge:  Hans Gruber ruins an otherwise fantastic looking Christmas party.

 

[The BLUES Brothers]

When they had the Celebrity Roast of Bruce Willis on The Comedy Channel - during his retort to roast back all the celebs - he went out of his way to say it is NOT a Christmas movie.